THE
MAWU
DECEMBER 1912
Copyright 1912 ndi HW PERCIVAL |
Amayi ndi Anzanu
Nchifukwa chiyani nthawi yogawanika ndiyi?
Kuti munthu asunge zolembedwa; kuti athe kuyerekeza kutalika kwa zochitika m'malingaliro am'mbuyomo, ndi kuyembekezera zomwe zikhala. Monga afilosofi ena amafotokozera, nthawi ndi "zochitika mosinthana m'chilengedwe." Kuti munthu azitha kudziwa za moyo wake ndi bizinesi yake, komanso anthu ena, adakakamizika kupanga njira yokonzera zochitika munthawi yake. Zinali zachilengedwe kuyeza zochitika padziko lapansi ndi "zochitika motsatana." Munthu amayenera kukhala wowonera bwino komanso kusunga zonse zomwe adaziwona. Mphamvu zake zowonera zinali zowoneka bwino kuti azindikire kuti moyo wake udazindikirika ndi kuwongolera kwakanthawi kotsika ndi kwamdima, usana ndi usiku. Nthawi yakuwala inali chifukwa cha kukhalapo, mdima mpaka kusakhalapo, dzuwa. Anaona nyengo za kutentha ndi kuzizira zinali chifukwa cha mawonekedwe a dzuwa kumwamba. Anaphunzira magulu a nyenyezi ndipo adaona kusintha kwawo, ndipo kuti nyengo zasintha m'mene magulu a magulu asintha. Njira yadzuwa idawonekera kudutsa m'magulu a nyenyezi, magulu a nyenyezi, omwe akalewo adakhala khumi ndi awiri ndipo amatcha zodiac, kapena bwalo la miyoyo. Iyi inali kalendala yawo. Magulu a nyenyezi kapena zizindikilo amatchedwa ndi mayina osiyanasiyana pakati pa anthu osiyanasiyana. Kupatula zochepa chiwerengerocho chidawerengedwa ngati khumi ndi awiri. Dzuwa litadutsa kuchokera ku chizindikiro chilichonse kupyola khumi ndi awiriwo ndikuyamba chizindikiro chimodzi, chozungulira icho chimatchedwa chaka. Chidutswa chimodzi chikangodutsa ndipo china chikubwera, anthu adadziwa kuchokera pachidziwitso kuti nyengo isintha. Nthawi kuchokera pachizindikiro chimodzi kupita ku chizindikiro china chimatchedwa mwezi woyambira dzuwa. Ahelene ndi Aroma anali ndi vuto logawa masiku angapo pamwezi, komanso kuchuluka kwa miyezi pachaka. Koma pamapeto pake adatengera malamulowo ngati momwe Aiguputo amagwiritsira ntchito. Timagwiritsa ntchito zomwezi lero. Gawo lina linapangidwa ndi magawo a mwezi. Zinatenga masiku 29 ndi theka kuti mwezi udutse magawo anayi kuchokera mwezi wina kupita ku mwezi wina watsopano. Magawo anayiwo anali mwezi umodzi, wamasabata anayi ndi kachigawo. Kugawikana kwa tsikulo kuyambira kotulukira dzuwa kukafika pamalo okwera kwambiri akumwamba komanso mpaka kulowa kwa dzuŵa kunali chizindikiro mogwirizana ndi dongosolo lakumwamba. Kuyimba kwadzuwa pambuyo pake kunatengedwa. Chodabwitsa chazidziwitso zakuthambo chimawonetsedwa ndi kulondola komwe miyala ya Stonehenge ku Salisbury Plain ku England idakhazikitsidwa, m'nthawi zamtsogolo. Zida zopangidwa monga galasi la ola, ndi wotchi yamadzi kuyeza nthawi. Pomaliza wotchiyo idapangidwa ndikufanizira zolembedwa khumi ndi ziwiri za Zodiac, kupatula kuti khumi ndi awiriwo, monga momwe iwo amaganiza, pofuna kuthandizira, amawerengeka kawiri. Maora khumi ndi awiri masana ndi maola khumi ndi awiri usiku.
Popanda kalendala, kuti azitha kuyerekeza nthawi, munthu sangakhale wotukuka, wopanda chikhalidwe, kapena bizinesi. Wotchi yomwe tsopano ikhoza kukhala yopanga, imayimira ntchito yochitidwa ndi mzere wautali wamakanema ndi oganiza. Kalendala ndiyo chotsatira cha kuchuluka kwamalingaliro amunthu kuti athe kuyeza zochitika zakumwamba, ndikuwongolera zochitika zake pamlingo uwu.
Mnzanu [HW Percival]